Garment-supporter



J. F. GODWARD.

GARMENT SUPPORTER.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 3, 1919.

Patented Apr. 20, 1920.

PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES F. GODWARD, 0F ASHTABU'LA HARBOR, OHIO.

GARMENT-SUPPORTER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 20, 1920.

Application filed March 3, 1919. Serial No. 280,366.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES F. Gonwsin), a citizen of the United States,residing at Ashtabula Harbor, in the county of Ashtahula, tate of Ohio,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Garment-Supporters; and I do hereby declare the fol lowing to be a full, clear,and exact description of the invention, such will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The invention relates to garment supporters and more particularly toelastic harness for supporting hose and sustaining the leg portions oftrousers straight.

The primary object of the invention is the provision of a harness ofthis character wherein the same is worn within the trousers and bridgesthe crotch thereof to extend downwardly of the leg portions at the innerside thereofto serve for supporting the hose and also tosustain the legportions of the trousers straight without regard to any irregularity ofthe legs of the user, whether they be bowed or otherwise deformed fromstraight conformation, as the leg portions of the trousers will hangsmooth and straight to give a neat and straight appearance thereto.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a harness of thischaracter wherein the same is readily adjustable so that it may be wornby men of different heights, and particularly where the legs are ofdifferent lengths, without discomfort in the use thereof.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a harness of thischaracter wherein the trouser leg portions will not bow inwardly oroutwardly in the use of said harness by reason of the irregularconformation of the legs of the wearer and perfectly free action of thelegs can be had without any discomfort resultant from the use of thegarter or harness.

A still further object of the invention is the provision of a harness ofthis character which is extremely simple in construction, readily andeasily applied within the trousers or removed therefrom, capable ofbeing attached to, and detached from the hose of the wearer, readily andeasily adjusted, strong, durable, thoroughly reliable and eiiicient inits purpose and inexpensive to manufacture.

Vi ith these and other objects in view, the

the harness constructed in accordance withthe invention, applied, thetrousers being broken away.

Fig. 2, is a perspective view of the harness removed from the trousers.

Fig. 3, is a vertical longitudinal sectional view through one portion ofthe hanger strap of the garter or harness showing in detail theadjustable mounting of one of the garter or leg straps.

Fig. A, is a fragmentary vertical sectional view showing in detail theadjustable hanger strap of the harness.

Similar reference characters indicate corresponding parts throughout theseveral views in the drawing.

Referring to the drawing in detail, A designates a pair of trouserswhich are of the ordinary well known construction B, each of a pair ofhose, the trousers and the hose being shown upon a wearer in Fig. 1 ofthe drawing, and C the harness hereinafter fully described.

The harness comprises an elastic hanger strap including the long andshort sections 5 and 6 respectively which at their adjacent ends aretrained through an adjusting slide 7 so that the longer strap can belengthened or shortened correspondingly to the size of the wearer of theharness. Mounted on the free ends of the sections and 6 of the hangerstrap, hose attaching devices 8, each are of the ordinary well knownconstruction for the fastening of the cuffs of the hose thereto, eitherat the inner sides of the legs of the wearer or at the fronts of thelegs.

The elastic hanger strap including the sections 5 and 6 saddles orbridges the crotch of the trousers A so that the stretches of the hangerstrap will extend downwardly in the leg portions of the trousers Abetween said leg portions and the legs of the wearer, and the hoseattaching devices 8 will be fastened tothe cuffs of the hose so thatwhen the wearer is standing the depending stretches of the hanger strapwill be straight, thereby acting upon the leg portions at the innersides thereof to maintain the same correspondingly straight irrespectiveof the possible deformity of the legs of the wearer. Thus it will beseen that the trousers will be sustained smooth and perfectly straightwhen the wearer is standing, thereby concealing the deformity of theirregular conformation of the legs of the wearer, presenting a neat andattractive appearance to the trousers.

Carried by the sections 5 and 6 are elastic leg embracingor garterstraps 9, which are the slides 12, so that these loop straps can bepositioned at the required points of location. on the stretches. Theseloops loosely engage the leg or garter straps 9 and act with the lowerportions of the hanger strap to hold the hose up when the user or weareris in seated position. Furthermore, the loop straps 11 will serve toprevent a distorting of the depending stretches of the sections 5 and6when the wearer of the harness is standing, and thereby these stretchesof the hanger strap sustain the leg portions of the trousers A,straight, and in standing position the strain imparted to the hangerstrap for holding the hose.

It will be obvious that the harness is readily adjustable, to be used bypersons of different sizes and of varying lengths of.

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What is claimed is:

A garment supporter comprising a hanger strap for straddling the crotchof the trousers, means for detachably connecting its stretches to thehose, garters for embracing the limbs, and an uprightelastic loop straplying along each stretch with its body passing loosely through a garter,and means for connecting its ends to the stretch in adjusted positions.

In testimony whereof, I affix my signature, in the presence oftwowitnesses.

JAMES F. GODWARD,

